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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Down End like this:
DOWNEND, a chapelry in Mangotsfield parish, Gloucester; near Mangotsfield r. station, 5 miles NE of Bristol. It has a post office under Bristol. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of Mangotsfield, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol.
Down End is now part of SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Down End itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Down End, in South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23273
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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